SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is said to be at odds with the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) regarding the former’s plan to “provide housing to bring stability to home prices in the Seoul metropolitan area,” expected to be announced tomorrow. It is yet unclear if the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will ramp up efforts to turn the capital city into a plastic-free zone in line with the central government’s recently-announced broader policy on waste management. Under the plan, the city aims to reduce by half the usage of disposal plastic cups, umbrella [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Dolby Laboratories Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Andy Sherman delivered keynote titled, “Leveraging IP for Future Growth,” at PATINEX 2018 on September 6, 2018 in Seoul. PATINEX (PATent INformation EXpo) is Korea’s largest annual patent information conference & exhibition event which brings together IP [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government announced an ambitious plan Sunday to carry out daily inspections of all public restrooms in the city for hidden cameras that are used for crimes against women. The move comes amid growing public anger toward sexual violence and hidden camera crimes. Currently, the city employs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of students victimized by school violence in Seoul has increased 24.5 percent from a year earlier to 11,425 this year, according to a survey released Wednesday. More than 92 percent of the entire 700,343 students, ranging from fourth graders at elementary schools through senior high schoolers, took [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A man was killed and two others wounded after extensive rains soaked Seoul and caused flash flooding, authorities said Wednesday. The 49-year-old victim, identified by his family name Kim, apparently drowned after he was stranded in rising water on a main expressway connecting northern and southern Seoul, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of Seoul’s policy to transform the nation’s capital into a pedestrian-friendly city, new signposts indicating the direction and distance of the world’s 15 major cities will be installed in 20 areas throughout Seoul. The signposts will be installed in 10 tourist districts such as Myeongdong and Itaewon, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will be replacing all of its regular intra-city buses with low-floor vehicles by 2025. Buses with shorter routes, known locally as “town buses”, will be replaced, in phases, with mid-sized low-floor vehicles starting in 2020. In addition, the number of taxis available for call by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “Turn off the lights for five minutes at 9 p.m. this Wednesday!” is the catch phrase that explains Seoul’s energy-saving event planned for today at Seoul Plaza titled “Turn Off the Lights and Turn on the Stars, Sharing Energy of Peace.” The event aimed at raising awareness about the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A recently launched tourism organization said Tuesday it will put efforts to resolve recent conflicts arising from overtourism in Seoul’s popular tourist destinations. The Seoul Tourism Organization set sail in May to lead medium to long-term tourism development of the capital city, it said. “We have been in talks [...]